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baronderkilt
16-Sep-11, 02:47

Blitz Disconnections ...

tonight Sept 16, 2011 just before 2:20 am GK-time I was disconnected from two games in the blitz area. "Server connection lost". The first, let me sit there for minutes waiting for an opponent move, seemingly, but then informed me of the disconnect, and upon clicking Reconnect button I saw it had actually time forfeit me. (This is not untypical to sit thusly when one gets a D/C from the blitz area here.)

I just want this to be noted, and the timeframe, to see if any others were experiencing the problem on the same morning ... because it is Very Unusual for me to ever get D/C here anymore. It has been many months since I had one at GK. Tho I did expience it frequently when the new blitz changes first were made.

Perhaps GK was working on some upgrades at the time ?!
I don't know. But please comment if you had it happen too. Or anyone else that has anything to say. Even if it is just how good your connections have been. Feel free to join the conversation here. Thank you all.
Baron }8-)

baronderkilt
16-Sep-11, 02:53

oh, PS ...

Any other troubles on GK around such time, anyone? Any other areas of the site? Just wondering because when I posted my Questions above, there was also a delay before the post was accepted. Perhaps 20 seconds. Unusual here. GK is top-notch.

Just as a FYI, I was running IE-9 64bit all morning. So I am up to date on my browser. Interestingly, I now this very moment note that my Wireless Mouse battery failed and I am now on the hardwired lazermouse, which was also connected at the time, tho not in use. (My stupid laptop touch pad is Always disabled. Hate those. Tho they were novel for a time upon first replacing the integral ball fiasco in laptops)

If I dont from anyone with troubles, i will assume my $9.99 special Wireless Mouse has made the interference, somehow. G-day all ~ !
Still Baron }8-D

baronderkilt
16-Sep-11, 03:34

update ...

I just changed MiniMouse's batteries and attempted another game. But found I again had trouble ... experiencing a 40 second delay in just cancelling my game seek. So it seems there is a difficulty. I will hang up the blitz for this time. (Google searches and several other sites' accesses were all working well, and without any delay noticed, at this time.)

Even try to post this update here ... I had a 20 second+ delay, then was given "that ugly white page" of site disconnection. Fortunately I had Copied this text first.

This is interesting tho, since (as I understand it, from previous discourse with GK several years ago; and unless it has changed since then... ) The Forum Area and the Blitz Area are modular in nature, and not closely tied to the mainsite, nor each other. So actually I have experienced delay and DC in two different GK Areas this morning, it seems. No trouble with the mainsite (Games, Online Light, Friend List, etc) noted.

Another delay and DC 2nd try to post this. I shall try to Preview first this time.

baronderkilt
16-Sep-11, 03:47

oops ...

I did just get a delay or freeze trying to enter a turnbased move and had to click off of the board onto "My Games" which it did relist for me. Then going back into that game, it did decide to take the move. Hope this is not a second Denial Of Service attack or such. Ouch . !

zol666tan
16-Sep-11, 11:12

And other symptoms too !

One test you could make on your side of the ocean :
on Blitz, when I want to test whether the Connection is dead somehow or whether my opponent really takes much time to ponder over his game (and to avoid sending her/him a meaningless msg ), I simply SUBMIT the OPTIONS box (right side - bottom of the screen : chat + sound effect ).

-----------------------------------------------!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When I submit that box, most of the time my clock goes down by 8 or 9 seconds in one shot.
-----------------------------------------------!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Did you ever observe/notice that on your "platform" ?
Note : I always play FIXED time, no Fischer clock !
I have not played Blitz for the last 4 days but I will keep an eye on your thread ... and on mine.

=> My post of AUG 31 : "GK blitz V1.08 : too many connection reset ....." NO FEEDBACK !

Gameknot.com
19-Sep-11, 13:43

We have not had any issues with GameKnot servers for a long time (save for an occasional maintenance of 10-15 minutes, during which GameKnot would have been completely inaccessible). It was likely due to a temporary traffic congestion on the way from your computer to GameKnot servers, which unfortunately we have absolutely no control over. If you run tracert (or traceroute/mtr if you are using Linux) to gameknot.com, you'll see that there is a number of routers (or "hops"), anywhere from half a dozen to 2-3 dozens, between your computer and us, most of which are run by companies that are not under control of your ISP or our ISP. And any of those routers can get overloaded, or misconfigured, etc. and cause issues. Most of the time the traffic will get automatically routed around such trouble spots, but it can take time for the issue to be detected and for the new routes to get established, during which time you'll see frequent disconnects and other issues. Again, it would be great if everyone had a direct line to GameKnot, but the reality of the situation is that Internet is not 100% reliable 100% of the time.

zol666tan
20-Sep-11, 04:26

Tx for the feedback-

Yep - I agree on the "sadness" of the reality in this situation.

Anyhow, as I stated in the first post, it is obvious to me that in many of these situations, the problems are at my ISP/ADSL.

Tx for the information.

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